The Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) – Volunteers
One of the key changes to health and safety regulation in Western Australia brought about by the Work Health and Safety Act (2020) WA...
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Greg Smith
Feb 28, 20196 min
The Racek Decision
The Racek Decision (Daniel Racek v DP World Sydney - [2019] FWC 772), published on 8 February 2019, is a very important decision which...
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Greg Smith
Feb 12, 20193 min
Is there a duty to warn workers about obvious hazards?
In my latest book, Paper Safe: The triumph of bureaucracy in safety management, I looked at the obligations of an employer to warn...
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Greg Smith
Dec 12, 20183 min
Safety Case(s): Opcon Plumbing Pty Ltd
SafeWork NSW v Opcon Plumbing Pty Ltd; SafeWork NSW v Annous Keywords: Due Diligence; Company Officers I have written before about the...
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Greg Smith
Oct 30, 20183 min
Safety Case(s): Kite
R v Kite [1996] 2 Cr. App. R.(S.) 295 The Kite case is slightly different from some of the decisions we have looked at in the Safety...
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Greg Smith
Oct 30, 20183 min
Safety Case(s): Action Concreting
Safe Work (NSW) v Action Concreting and Constructions Pty Ltd [2017] NSWDC 191 The Action Concreting case is not one I used in my recent...
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Greg Smith
Oct 30, 20184 min
Safety Case(s): Harbour City Ferries
Harbour City Ferries Pty Ltd v Mr Christopher Toms [2014] FWCFB 6249 While the Harbour City Ferries case is not a prosecution under...
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Greg Smith
Oct 23, 20185 min
Safety Case(s): Boland v BHP Billiton
Boland v BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd [2018] SAET 167 This BHP case is a sentencing decision, but it raises some...
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Greg Smith
Oct 21, 20186 min
Safety Case(s): Wollongong Glass
Safe Work NSW v Wollongong Glass P/L [2016] NSWDC 58 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Safe Work Method Statement; Drugs and alcohol in...
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Greg Smith
Oct 18, 20185 min
Safety Case(s): Hungry Jacks
DPP v Hungry Jacks, Visy & Veolia [2018] VCC 1454 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety Management The Hungry...
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Greg Smith
Oct 15, 20185 min
Safety Case(s): SD Tillett
Moore v SD Tillett Memorials Pty Ltd [2002] SAIRC 47 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; documented procedures; one-off departure by an...
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Greg Smith
Oct 13, 20187 min
Safety Case(s): Ferro Con
Hillman v Ferro Con (SA) Pty Ltd (in liquidation) and Anor [2013] SAIRC 22 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety...
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Greg Smith
Oct 12, 20186 min
Safety Case(s): Silent Vector
Silent Vector Pty Ltd v Shepherd & Anor [2003] WASCA 315 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety Management It is...
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Greg Smith
Oct 11, 20186 min
Safety Case(s): ACR Roofing
The Queen v A.C.R Roofing Pt Ltd [2004] VSCA 215 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Expertise; Contractor Safety Management;...
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Greg Smith
Oct 10, 20181 min
New series: Safety Case(s)
As part of my ongoing research and writing, I have started a new series on my blog, Safety Case(s). Each day I will be posting a summary...
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Greg Smith
Oct 10, 20185 min
Safety Case(s): Stratton v Van Driel
Kenneth Peter Stratton v Van Driel [1998] VSC 75 Keywords: Reasonably Practicable; Control; Contractor Safety Management The Case On 15...
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